Found this crazy website. It's got flow charts/graphic organizers for all kinds of history topics. I don't know if the kids could use them but they a great quick references if you are looking for connecting ideas: http://www.flowofhistory.com/units
I'm too dumb to make this a link right now. Hopefully I'll figure it out and make this easier for you.
Here's an activity to go over the basics on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It's a smartboard setup that lets the kids move facts into the correct category. They should have some background on what happened at Pearl (reading/video) before they do this.
Any General Social Studies department resources can be uploaded here.
Here is a great site to visit: http://cffsocialstudies.wikispaces.com - Teachers can request wikis without advertising (usually a paid service) for free through wikispaces.
Found this crazy website. It's got flow charts/graphic organizers for all kinds of history topics. I don't know if the kids could use them but they a great quick references if you are looking for connecting ideas:
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units
I'm too dumb to make this a link right now. Hopefully I'll figure it out and make this easier for you.
Here's an activity to go over the basics on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It's a smartboard setup that lets the kids move facts into the correct category. They should have some background on what happened at Pearl (reading/video) before they do this.
This activity gets the kids to see the difference between Stalinism and Western ideology. It can be used as an intro to the Cold War.
I used this easy teach map as a daily warm up after students completed 24-1.
Another easy teach activity to review 24-4. Its a click/hide q and a.
Another daily warm up for American 2. New Deal programs
Another daily warm up for American 2. click/hide New Deal 2 programs
American I stuff: Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Ordinance of 1787 daily warm up review
American 1 stuff: Powers of Articles of Confederation review daily warm up
American 1 stuff: Federalists/Antifederalists Web. click/hide activity
Economics: Hey, fellow econ teachers. Share your finds under this heading. Here's one to get you started :